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Hi there, Some nouns in English, uncountable under normal circumstances, take the indefinite article when qualified by the adjective or adverbial phrase. How do I tell if a noun should take the indefinite article or not? Examples: When I got back home, I took a short nap to make up for the...

Thanks, Marius. I will keep this rule in mind. What I am puzzled by, however, is the fact that either of the examples you gave me doesn't refer exactly to the sentence I gave. In your first example, we deal with proper names, no articles there, and in the second one, with one noun in plural and...

guideline in regard to the use of an indefinite article before a n countable noun righteousness is not countable! a here is not any different from a with other uncountable nouns. In other words, the same guidelines apply. Whether the noun is concrete or abstract does not necessarily...

What is the guideline in regard to the use of an indefinite article before an countable noun, like this? For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first ot last, ...

Guest wrote: Use "a" if the next word begins with a consonant, and "an" if the next word begins with a vowel. A tiger, an angel, a book, etc. A historical character. This is not completely correct. The indefinite article a is used when the following word starts with a consonant sound ...

Hi, all. In the pattern, I often find no indefinite article used. Examples: With ticket in hand , I proceeded to the boarding gate. With suitcase in hand , he briskly walked into his office. With book in hand , the teacher paced the floor back and forth. All the nouns...

Hello Mr Ruzinsky, let me continue. As you pointed out, Sentences using Bare Plurals, that is common nouns without quantifiers, are vague. It's true. But sentences with definite /indefinite articles, too, have two (or several) usages. For example: And, there's some similarity between...

Hi, According to the "Longman Student Grammar" abstract nouns (such as education, kindness) can have countable and uncountable. (e.g.) 1. What's your highest level of education? => uncountable Although she was a girl she wanted an education => countable In the countable case, can "an...

Well, let me see if I can attack your concerns in a sort of slap-dash fashion. First, let me collect our sentences: 1: She is a too clever woman to stay in so boring a job. 1a: She is too clever a woman to stay in so boring a job. 2: She is too clever a woman to stay in such a boring job. ...